The Met Office has warned a cold easterly wind will develop over the coming days with temperatures set to plummet across the UK. In winter, when air comes from the east, it typically brings colder and drier conditions with the risk of snow.

The Met Office says a cold snap has arrived in the UK, with sleet, snow, ice and frost forecast. A cold snap has arrived in the UK, bringing an increasing risk of wintry hazards such as snow and ice. The Met Office says a colder easterly regime will become established across the country through Friday and into the weekend.

Cold weather conditions are likely to later in February as the Met Office predicts “wintry precipitation” and a risk of snow for parts of Britain in its ong-range forecast. Weather maps from WXCHARTS also estimates temperatures could plummet as low as -5C in some areas in the second half of February.